Telegram-herald., 1887-02-13
THE TWO CATS


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fhldlas AZ ffAAii<ir7 i"l Nanny A-' N9f'
l. en piucDsd ID mind ~ BODY, of s'Nen over
L. that a"ftN t1fAnt ia ~ Who pa's "~i
/ giri, % The torture ot fafA ana b''s HniA
their infancy that they may oe anu DO a.
They DO AMI are.
but she had tii' strong shaiNiS hsue'
and IL movements wefe an liisi iiiS' "iiA lis
untisAlnnieied grace 81 i'a1"ie As si,e s'''''
+ IN her mother s-f''ei, VIII ioi" hsiii'is '4'sl
ine her pet 10 Der b''eoii " ts''A't 90 o"lN'o
hon grsens aid al oid cas- kiiiie al Der ieSt,
sile was a leiie.t piffulei Tax she h"d i'o1 "l'
/ idea of H.
Jces theories nei a. he eared he N"i'"
had not mElad him. 1t was Hof mother
voice; the darling on whom NANNY i"Nl'i'e'
her sweet ""f,s' hef i'i'i'' even i'''
kis~Ni wa~-a faN
| But such cat Peter wos as great
beauty as hia mistress lis coat oi u'-
buie gray vas striped and d'-shed with SIM
ing black, rine al black eneieied nis mas
sive neck his tai WAS rinse'i also WIN sadie
ami five wide black strips ran from ie'" IN
hls ears down 10 the very up oi the i"li'
merging as they went INTO one ur"an hand.
then there "a- "a sno. -"iie sFo' upon us
breast, AMI las powerful paws were DlteA as
jet.
Nanny dumb silly about that There cat
was her fathers chronic gro"l, bui' since
Nanny was al the child left 10 him. and IN
his secret heart Us hFlng laoi' ne onis
growled. He would not have uttered de-
rogatory word about fcter Tor anything, he
even remembered TO get a OH ,i H'.a1 loI Inn
whenever he went - the village, ana hs'o
once been known TO turn back half a mile Tor
that very purpose.
As for mother May, she spoiled the cat Just
as she had spoiled Mary Ann She was a
dear, kindly, tender-hearted Ola woman win
utter inability 10 rule or order or nioll
anybody or anything She took lie as she
found IT, and neither fretted AT nor trled 70
amend it--a sort OF moral feather bed, sof'
TO evaporation, but, after all reSttni 10 the
eager, hard-worked, exa1peraDd ana WHY
people oi her race
~ proper, nice woman Sehiah'hy 'aI'
rler sad; "Gt0dys an eieFhaAN Sooi
natured No faculty IN her, ana one tla'
rlles You consider ble "heh you "hh' 70 nave
things gee out "heh you re SICK OF sorIS
sort oil comioTiih hAe 4ouite'-
Peter knew ms power ana ms position
Petted from ms early Altteihooi, he soH
learned, Ike The young oi The human species
that he could tyranniNe over MS I~tteiS, aiie
then the warmest, soitest seat was gwen ul
10 him, the door opened al ms hIst appeal
the clblets oi the rarely uSed lows "er'
saved for him. hls tastes gratilled ana ms no
tons respected One Is sometimes tempted
han accept the masculine theory that "oinei
like tyrants, when one sees now they manu-
facture them Tor themselves.
Now, Joseph farker had Jlls1 come 10 AieIl
, den to i've A certain MT- eop' VINO han
mandatory IN vermont hah moved L
( Meriden TO get more water power ana a. -
Parker was us foreman IN Tue paper niiii' "a
mad moved TOO, hlreu a mouse niue way ou
OF the village, next 10 MI May boinestead
and brought "lth MN MS ho'her-eiiu ~
mothers cat Hence tins story, ana what
ever tears may oesprlnkle IL
Mrs. farkers cat was not NJ al IKE fe'e
May. he was black, all biack, with greer
. yellow eyes, ana an aspect that Inaae
stranger think OF the regulation cat that wa
= the familiar of witches IN all history.
came from hanover to MeTlden 10y ran, naiie
= up in a strawberry crate, kissing, spitune
! yowling and sharpening his claws on has fra
prison all the way, TO the terror OF every pa
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e Vaiis V'aee anu az i''' q So az o. ~ :.
NV for the lrater,on refused 10 look afte
Il 90 daunted were tbo- with the wild amin,
,-;,b;, Tier vras .,nt into solitary co,,sin.
mon, in tho collar as soon rs Nrs. Parke
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